Activate your ConnectMail Account. Durham Tech provides all students with an email account, called "ConnectMail." Students are required to use their ConnectMail accounts for their online classes. Be sure to activate your ConnectMail account and begin checking it so you don't miss important messages from your instructor or from the college.

Complete Your Course Orientation. For every online course you take, you MUST complete a course-specific orientation, which explains in detail how that particular course works. You cannot begin your course until you have completed the orientation!

Course orientations are handled differently for different courses. For some online classes, you must attend an on-campus orientation. For other online classes, you must complete an online orientation assignment on the first day of class.